The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2001
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
9:20 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 203.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 310.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.17° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.19° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.