The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
4:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2310
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 | 142.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 26.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.98° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.17° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.