The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1996
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 912
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.41° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.61° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.