The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
5:57 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2582
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 | 165.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.38° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.55° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.