The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 2106
First Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.98° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.38° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.