The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.92° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.06° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| 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.