The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1934
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
6:13 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 146
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 | 12.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.62° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.27° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.