The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1980
Waning Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
5:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 311.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.76° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.10° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.