The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2075
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
5:21 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1889
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 233.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.20° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.