The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1954
First Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 393
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.41° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.49° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.