The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1970
Waxing Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
9:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 58.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.55° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.27° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.