The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 98.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.11° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.77° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.