The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2013
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
6:50 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 159.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.17° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.71° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.