The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1981
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
11:16 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.16° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.01° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.