The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2187
First Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3275
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 | 94.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.48° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.08° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| 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.