The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1971
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
8:58 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 196.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.29° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.18° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.