The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1960
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
12:06 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 236.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.73° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.62° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.