The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2149
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
9:30 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2805
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.91° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.30° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.