The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2083
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
4:03 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1988
Events on this date
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Mercury 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 | 288.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.68° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.25° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.