The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1951
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
8:49 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 356
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -27.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.34° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.57° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.