The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1939
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
1:05 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 263.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.94° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.10° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.