The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2179
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
10:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3176
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 | 64.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.17° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.24° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.