The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
3:06 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 764
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 | 132.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.34° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.81° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.