The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2045
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1518
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 26.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.50° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.46° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.