The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1988
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
4:32 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 813
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 | 292.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.76° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.44° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.