The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1963
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
10:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.40° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.77° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.