The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1920
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -28
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.22° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.78° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.