The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1929
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
10:18 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 84
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 | 78.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 114.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.55° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.48° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.