The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2104
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
9:06 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2248
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 | 198.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 321.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.85° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.39° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.