The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 2062
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
7:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1729
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 | 23.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.51° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.79° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.