The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1981
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 727
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 | 82.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.07° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.82° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.