The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2100
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
8:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2199
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.50° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.19° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.