The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2023
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
2:36 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1246
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 | 259.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.81° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.96° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.