The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1958
Waning Gibbous
63.9% 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
11:37 PM
1:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 253.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.83° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.19° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.