The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
3:14 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 96
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 | 145.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.54° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.85° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.