The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 467
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 350.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.38° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.36° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.