The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 2130
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
8:39 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2570
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.66° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.33° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.