The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2072
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
1:18 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1852
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 | 252.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.53° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.64° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.