The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1916
First Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
11:49 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -77
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.40° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.10° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.