The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 2141
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
9:42 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2706
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.41° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.86° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.