The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1912
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -127
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.16° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.95° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.