The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1932
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
10:00 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 121
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 | 75.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.65° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.18° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.