The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 2161
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2953
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.45° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.61° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.