The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1904
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:45 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.34° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.58° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.00° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.