The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
1:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 111.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.74° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.98° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.