The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1978
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
8:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 690
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.12° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.15° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.