The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
3:43 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2075
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.65° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.95° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.