The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2085
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
9:05 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2013
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 | 197.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.01° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.57° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.