The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2046
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
11:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 75.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.15° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.80° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.27° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.