The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
2:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.65° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.41° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.