The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 2020
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.59° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.86° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.