The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1991
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
5:42 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 850
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 | 331.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 193.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.10° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.