The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2144
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2743
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 93.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.83° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.97° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| 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.