The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2050
Waning Gibbous
88.1% 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
9:15 PM
10:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 303.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.09° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.80° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.