The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1961
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
5:21 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 479
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.68° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.50° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.