The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 1999
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
4:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 949
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 | 301.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.91° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.70° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.