The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1925
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
1:44 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 34
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.17° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.