The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1937
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
5:59 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 183
Events on this date
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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 | 2.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 172.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.48° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.79° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 352.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.