The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
3:39 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1741
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.95° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.31° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.