The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2149
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2805
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.45° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.48° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.