The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2025
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
10:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1271
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 | 215.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.79° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.23° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| 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.