The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2153
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
9:22 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2854
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.06° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.02° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.