The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1957
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
8:16 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 430
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 | 188.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.54° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.64° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.7° |
| 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.