The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
2:26 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 137.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.89° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.65° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.