The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1954
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
11:01 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 84.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 108.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.04° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.68° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.