The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1918
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
6:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.59° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.47° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.