The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2180
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
7:25 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3188
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 336.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.43° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.