The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1407
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 | 160.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 354.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.05° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.34° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.