The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1909
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
4:25 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -164
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.12° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.83° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.