The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
1:44 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.01° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.87° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.