The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1982
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
9:01 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 739
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 | 200.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.65° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.41° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.