The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2193
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
6:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3349
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 351.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.06° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| 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.