The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
5:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -238
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 | 169.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 7.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.