The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
4:40 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 149.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.95° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.92° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.