The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2018
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
5:28 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.4° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.59° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.71° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.