The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
12:19 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.44° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.39° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.