The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 2006
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
10:46 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 215.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.53° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.43° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.