The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1926
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
6:02 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 189.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.27° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.53° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.