The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1906
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
9:19 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 216.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.58° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.06° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.