The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1959
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
8:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.85° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.97° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.