The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1931
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 108
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 | 280.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.16° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.79° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.74° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.