The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
5:05 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 665
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 | 151.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 12.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.37° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.23° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.