The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
2:06 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1469
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.82° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.60° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.