The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2081
First Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1964
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 98.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.07° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.95° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.