The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
6:20 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 167.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 348.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.67° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.13° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.