The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
1:49 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 114.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.80° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.13° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.