The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
2:28 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 121.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.51° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.52° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.