The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1904
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
4:00 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.91° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.80° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.