The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1980
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
5:47 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 207.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.87° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.31° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.