The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
3:04 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 128.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.02° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.59° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.