The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
7:41 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1024
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 141.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.74° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.02° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.