The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
5:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3151
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 | 154.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.18° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.54° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.