The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1912
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
5:39 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -127
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 | 348.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 188.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.56° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.00° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.