The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
4:56 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 294
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 12.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.23° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.6° |
| 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.