The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
12:08 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2409
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.74° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.14° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.