The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1958
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 442
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.33° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.82° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.38° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| 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.