The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1904
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
5:20 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -226
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.63° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.23° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.