The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
1:04 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.37° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.59° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.