The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1923
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
3:25 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 9
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 | 299.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.84° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.39° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.