The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2097
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
6:58 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2161
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 161.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.97° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.64° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.