The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
3:55 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1432
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 | 140.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.14° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.93° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.