The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 1922
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
9:47 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -3
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 | 220.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.04° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.55° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| 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.