The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
1:02 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.00° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.16° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.