The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1926
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
7:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 31.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.99° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.60° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.