The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
4:44 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2916
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 17.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.99° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.33° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.