The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1934
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
4:37 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 145
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.28° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.86° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.