The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2112
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
12:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2347
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.66° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.45° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| 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.