The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
1:22 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1333
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 | 109.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.85° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.03° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.