The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
5:48 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 348.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.90° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.95° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.