The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1971
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
1:50 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 250.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.51° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.84° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.