The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2027
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
10:40 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1296
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 | 69.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -26.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.79° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.06° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.