The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2058
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
11:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1679
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 | 226.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.95° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.53° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.