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Moon Information For October 5 2018 (United States)

Moon October 5, 2018 (United States)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, District of Columbia, United States on Friday, October 5, 2018. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset14h11m
Moonrise02:51
Moonset17:02
Distance to the center of the Sun149,588,096 km
Distance to the center of Earth363,754 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)20.3%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonLeo ♌
Moon age (days past new moon)25.1

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in October 2018.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and BeehiveOctober 4Beehive is 1.3 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Regulus2018-10-05 17:58Regulus is 1.9 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterOctober 11Jupiter is 4.3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnOctober 14Saturn is 2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and MarsOctober 18Mars is 2.2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranOctober 27Aldebaran is 1.6 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and BeehiveOctober 31Beehive is 1 degrees North of the Moon.

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