The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2183
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
11:59 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3225
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.97° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.22° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.