The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1568
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 | 160.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 359.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.50° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.56° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.