The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1904
New Moon
48.7% 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
11:57 PM
1:39 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.69° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.19° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.