The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2107
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2285
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 270.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.97° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.93° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.