The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 3, 2172
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
9:02 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3089
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 | 198.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.75° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.64° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.