The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
6:14 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3114
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 350.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.61° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.86° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.