The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1929
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
7:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.90° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.53° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.