The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 27.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.37° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.53° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.