The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2104
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
7:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2248
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.57° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 18.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.