The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1937
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
9:09 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 183
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.90° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.13° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.