The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 2088
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
11:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2050
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° 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 | 232.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.65° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.57° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.