The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 1962
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
10:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 492
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 | 64.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.55° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.83° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.