The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 350.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.69° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.56° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.