The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2007
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
4:43 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 297.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.47° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.24° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.