The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
3:02 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.96° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.32° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.