The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
11:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 59
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 | 97.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.86° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.86° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| 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.