The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 2, 2004
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:46 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.52° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.80° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.