The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1945
Waxing Crescent
10.7% 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
9:39 AM
8:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 37.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 135.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.95° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.79° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.