The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2020
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
9:57 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.22° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.98° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.