The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
3:10 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2310
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.27° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.34° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| 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.