The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
4:45 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.58° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.02° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.