The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1961
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
4:47 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 303.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.90° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.29° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.