The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
10:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 50.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.74° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.31° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.