The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2121
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2458
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.55° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.25° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.