The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1939
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
12:12 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 250.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.46° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.92° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.