The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2096
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:15 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2149
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 313.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.61° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.81° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.