The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
1:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 122.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.21° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.31° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.