The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 1953
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
6:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.54° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.46° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.