The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1959
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
9:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.56° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.75° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.