The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 2026
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
4:40 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1283
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.94° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.05° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.