The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2151
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2829
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.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.44° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.31° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| 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.