The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
12:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 112.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.03° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.81° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.