The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1901
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.29° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.68° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.