The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1932
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
8:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 121
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 | 62.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.36° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.38° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.