The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1983
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
6:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.7° / 181.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.94° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.01° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.