The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
2:57 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 127.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.34° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.96° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| 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.