The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 2147
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
7:43 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2780
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 4.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.64° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.