The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
4:23 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1271
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 | 146.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.03° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.56° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.