The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1977
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 677
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.40° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.98° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.