The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2582
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 8.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.73° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.71° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.