The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
3:51 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1506
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 | 139.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.01° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.92° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.