The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 5, 2198
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
10:44 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3411
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.58° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.45° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| 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.