The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1909
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
1:36 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -164
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 | 263.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.89° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.05° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.