The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 PM
1:46 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1939
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.01° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.17° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| 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.