The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1913
Waxing Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 20°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
9:49 PM
20°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -114
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 | 73.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.52° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.55° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.97° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.