The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2088
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
10:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2050
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.46° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.41° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.