The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2092
Waxing Crescent
14.4% 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
11:05 AM
9:42 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2100
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.70° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.51° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.