The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1975
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
6:41 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.04° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.68° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.