The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2020
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
8:58 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.39° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.