The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2009
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
7:57 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 332.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.50° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.62° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 22.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.