The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 2124
Waning Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
5:10 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2495
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 212.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.17° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.56° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.