The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1937
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
6:30 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 13.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 159.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.94° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.98° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.