The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
1:17 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 108.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.37° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.62° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.81° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.