The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2153
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
2:24 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2854
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.58° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.89° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| 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.