The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
2:03 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 117.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.04° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.95° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.