The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2099
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
11:42 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2186
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 | 226.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.11° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.64° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.