The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
3:11 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1271
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 | 133.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.24° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.73° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.