The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
2:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -213
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 | 138.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.50° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.63° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.