The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 2017
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
11:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.61° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.84° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.