The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
5:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2446
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 | 161.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.00° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.78° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.