The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1906
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
8:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 204.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.45° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.89° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.