The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
10:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.11° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.94° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.