The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2148
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
1:48 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2792
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.34° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.45° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.