The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
9:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -52
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.97° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.45° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.