The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1982
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 739
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.96° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.26° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.