The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1970
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
8:59 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 46.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.57° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.48° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.