The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1972
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
6:03 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 615
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 | 340.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 178.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.47° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.98° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.