The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2007
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
4:10 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 285.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.48° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.04° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.