The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 2172
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
11:13 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3089
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 | 221.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.73° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.98° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.