The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2050
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 233.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.05° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.96° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.