The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
4:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 6.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.90° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.12° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| 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.