The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1924
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
10:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 22
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 | 78.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.38° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.72° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.