The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 2009
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
1:32 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 247.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.31° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.44° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| 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.