The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3114
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.98° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.71° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.