The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2044
Waning Gibbous
91.4% 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
8:16 PM
10:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1506
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 | 213.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.93° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.05° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| 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.