The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 1904
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
3:16 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -226
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 | 297.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.47° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.59° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.