The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2030
First Quarter
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1333
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.99° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.40° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.