The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 5, 2009
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
9:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.69° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.78° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.