The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 104.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.18° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.07° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.