The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1903
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
9:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -238
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 | 217.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.31° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.76° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.