The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2008
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
9:55 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 60.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.33° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.85° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| 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.