The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2008
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
10:46 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -27.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.18° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.65° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.