The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1993
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
12:05 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.84° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.95° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.