The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2009
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
12:30 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.45° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.