The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2078
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
6:52 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 345.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 166.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.34° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.83° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.