The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
2:51 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1766
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 | 126.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -11.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.25° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.73° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.