The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2058
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
9:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1679
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 | 201.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.92° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.20° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.