The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1955
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
10:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 217.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.62° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.19° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.