The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2126
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
11:11 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2520
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 | 224.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.12° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.00° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.