The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1982
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:10 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.58° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.57° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.