The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
5:19 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 153.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / 0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.55° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.12° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.