The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2077
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
9:17 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1914
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 | 202.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 312.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.00° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.01° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.