The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1936
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
12:14 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 170
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 | 247.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.33° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.24° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.