The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1986
Waxing Crescent
4.6% 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
9:37 AM
8:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 789
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 134.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.78° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.62° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.