The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2083
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1988
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.50° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.75° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.86° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| 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.