The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2087
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2038
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.15° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.99° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.