The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 99.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.42° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.84° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.