The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1978
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
9:32 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 41.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.66° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.93° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.