The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2142
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
8:09 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2718
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 | 187.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.79° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.82° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.