The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
1:48 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 115.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.27° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.90° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.