The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
5:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 157.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.48° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.73° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.