The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1993
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
11:10 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 875
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 | 222.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.75° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.77° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.