The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2014
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
8:51 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 196.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 11.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.52° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.84° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.