The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1928
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
12:34 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 71
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 | 250.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 24.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.52° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.67° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| 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.