The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
3:09 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.01° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.77° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.