The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2031
Waning Gibbous
75.7% 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
10:25 PM
12:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1345
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 | 239.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.44° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.34° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.