The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
4:16 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 142.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 26.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.82° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.61° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.