The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2118
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
12:25 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2421
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.05° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.46° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.42° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.