The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 3, 2183
Waning Gibbous
93.8% 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
8:53 PM
9:44 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3225
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 | 208.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.10° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.88° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.