The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2051
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
7:32 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1593
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 145.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.06° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.08° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.