The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1923
Waning Crescent
0.5% 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
5:40 AM
6:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 9
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 | 352.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.71° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.25° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.