The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
2:10 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2310
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.33° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.52° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.