The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 1950
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
5:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.80° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.37° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.