The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
4:49 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 15.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.44° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.87° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.