The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2121
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
3:44 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2458
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 20.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.04° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.45° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.