The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2015
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
1:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 255.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.35° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.22° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.