The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Waning Gibbous
82.1% 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
9:43 PM
11:47 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.08° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.55° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.