The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 159.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 358.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.46° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.20° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.