The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2074
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
11:42 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.31° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.04° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| 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.