The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1928
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
4:36 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.88° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.64° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.