The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2055
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
7:12 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1642
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.21° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 175.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.