The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2031
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
10:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1345
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 | 215.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.22° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.00° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.