The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
4:29 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.77° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.01° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.