The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 4, 2004
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
1:50 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 250.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 27.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.62° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.16° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.