The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1908
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 353.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.66° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 183.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.