The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2070
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
7:58 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.83° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.27° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.