The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
5:03 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3386
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 13.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.53° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.93° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.