The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2001
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:22 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 215.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.71° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.