The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2015
Last Quarter
52.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.56° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.41° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.