The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1928
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
1:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.66° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.85° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.