The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1955
Waning Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
11:59 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.00° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.36° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.