The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1967
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
7:44 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 141.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.29° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.64° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.