The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
12:00 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 99.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -27.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.66° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.16° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.