The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
2:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2174
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -18.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.53° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.38° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.