The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2156
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
2:47 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2891
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 | 262.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.57° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.20° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.