The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1975
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
7:20 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 148.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.25° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.09° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.