The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
1:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 863
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 | 112.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.51° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.42° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.