The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2013
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
7:25 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 8.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -9.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.60° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.49° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.