The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% 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
5:30 PM
2:55 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1036
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.73° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.52° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.