The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
1:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3250
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 | 110.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.94° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.46° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.