The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2153
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
8:22 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2854
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.21° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.85° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.