The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
3:21 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 133.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.96° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.70° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| 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.