The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2024
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
7:50 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 20.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.28° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.21° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.