The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
12:09 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3040
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.01° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.69° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.