The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 96.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.74° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.54° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.