The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 2004
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
10:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.16° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.63° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.