The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
58.1% 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
11:54 PM
2:25 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 24.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.28° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.62° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.