The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
1:06 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 105.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.73° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.41° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.