The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2059
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
7:01 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1691
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 | 349.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 161.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.63° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.24° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.