The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1929
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
7:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 84
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 | 33.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.76° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.31° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.