The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1966
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
1:26 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 541
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 | 247.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.08° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.77° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.