The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
12:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2471
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 | 99.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.90° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.67° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.