The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1917
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
2:50 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.56° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.17° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.