The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Waning Crescent
6.8% 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
4:54 AM
5:38 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 330.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 194.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.46° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.36° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.