The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2080
Waning Gibbous
68.7% 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
10:29 PM
1:42 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1951
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 | 248.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.47° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.21° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| 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.