The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:16 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 167.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 342.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.35° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.57° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.