The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
12:43 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1939
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.78° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.35° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.