The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2047
Waning Gibbous
99.4% 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
7:08 PM
8:12 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.93° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 35.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.