The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2058
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
10:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1679
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.65° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.36° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.