The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2094
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
5:48 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2124
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.50° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.71° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.