The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
55.1% 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
2:56 PM
12:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.85° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.18° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.