The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1902
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
8:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -250
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 | 46.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.65° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.45° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.