The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
3:33 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 136.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.76° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.31° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.