The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2061
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
1:54 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1716
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 | 250.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.67° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.38° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| 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.