The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2166
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
2:56 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3015
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.74° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.92° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.