The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
6:48 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2953
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.75° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.72° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.