The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2172
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
10:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3089
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 | 210.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.37° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.81° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.