The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
4:19 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1976
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 23.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.56° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.54° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.