The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2127
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
7:07 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2532
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.72° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.72° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.