The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2194
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
4:44 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3361
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.58° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.41° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.