The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 2020
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
10:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 221.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.05° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.14° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.