The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1945
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
6:20 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.40° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.34° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.