The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2019
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.74° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.42° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.