The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
5:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1333
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 | 158.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.39° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.35° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.