The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
7:06 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 349.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 160.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.97° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.83° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.