The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1940
Waxing Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
9:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 57.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.17° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.83° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.