The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
3:33 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 430
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 | 133.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.91° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.18° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.