The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 358.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.26° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.40° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.