The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2091
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2087
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.81° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.62° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.