The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2069
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
1:03 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1815
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.80° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.94° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.