The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 1939
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
3:59 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 316.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.99° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.91° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.