The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2199
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
7:48 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3423
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.77° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.