The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
2:44 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.50° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.34° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.