The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
9:26 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.89° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.53° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.