The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 2176
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
7:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3139
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 | 20.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.36° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.36° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.