The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 1990
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
8:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 838
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 | 195.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.09° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.98° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.