The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
5:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1741
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 | 159.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 359.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.59° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.97° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.