The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1918
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
7:06 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -52
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 151.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.45° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.31° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 329.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.