The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2091
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
12:47 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2087
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 | 245.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.33° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.24° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.