The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 1986
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
7:40 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.57° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.84° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.