The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2146
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
6:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2767
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.22° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.32° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.