The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2141
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
10:30 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2706
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.36° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.65° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.