The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -176
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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.84° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.48° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.