The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2042
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
1:59 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.45° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.58° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.