The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1950
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 285.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.56° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.53° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.