The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2180
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
9:22 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3188
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 | 201.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.72° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.38° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.