The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2066
Full Moon
99.8% 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
6:56 PM
7:40 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1778
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 9.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.64° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 354.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.