The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1950
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
2:36 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.16° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.33° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.