The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 5, 2199
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
8:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3423
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 319.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.24° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.01° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.