The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
4:06 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 140.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.00° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.40° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.