The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2076
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
11:22 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1902
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.36° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.23° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| 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.