The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1506
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 | 163.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 353.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.45° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.59° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.