The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:15 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 96
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 | 156.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 26.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.50° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.69° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.