The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
3:01 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 128.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.58° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.73° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.