The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2131
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
10:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2582
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 | 221.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.60° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.09° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.