The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2069
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
10:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1815
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 | 220.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 302.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.76° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.60° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.