The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2183
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
10:54 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3225
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 | 222.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.75° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.05° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.