The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 3, 2191
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
8:13 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3324
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 324.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.41° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| 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.