The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
10:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 219.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.25° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.38° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| 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.