The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2197
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
2:11 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3398
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 | 260.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.86° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.29° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.