The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1960
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
8:07 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 467
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.63° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.