The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2033
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% 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
4:44 PM
2:55 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1370
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.15° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.16° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| 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.