The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1982
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
7:54 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 739
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 | 187.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.90° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.25° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| 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.