The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1974
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
11:51 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 640
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 | 230.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.20° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.15° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.