The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2055
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
11:00 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 222.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.02° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.26° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.