The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
3:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3077
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.66° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.87° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.