The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
12:29 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1246
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 | 235.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 24.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.09° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.61° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.