The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2088
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
12:51 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2050
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.89° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.75° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| 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.