The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
12:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 628
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 | 103.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.61° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.20° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.