The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2050
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
12:57 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 245.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.56° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.14° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.