The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2142
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
12:19 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2718
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.39° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.49° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| 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.