The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
12:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 115.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.51° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.89° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.