The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2078
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
7:13 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1926
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.54° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.05° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.