The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1998
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
11:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 233.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.95° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.03° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.