The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2019
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
11:38 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 77.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.08° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.45° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.62° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.