The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1953
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
4:30 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.11° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.45° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.