The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2080
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
2:45 PM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1951
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 | 261.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.36° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.39° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.