The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 2100
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
7:26 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2199
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.40° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.41° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.