The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 863
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 | 156.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 5.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.13° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.74° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.