The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1942
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
4:12 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.23° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.48° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| 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.