The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2347
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° 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 | 151.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 9.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.78° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.