The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
2:36 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 57.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.00° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.35° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.