The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2074
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
7:50 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1877
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 | 186.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.04° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.