The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1941
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
10:23 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 232
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 307.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.76° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.33° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.