The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 96.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.52° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.09° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.00° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.