The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1948
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
7:17 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 319
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.25° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.70° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.