The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2036
Waning Gibbous
81.6% 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
10:02 PM
11:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1407
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 | 230.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.73° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.64° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| 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.