The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1900
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
7:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 337.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.34° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.92° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.