The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1967
Waxing Crescent
5.0% 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
9:41 AM
8:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.39° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.42° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.