The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
12:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1630
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 | 102.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.91° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.12° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.