The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1955
Waning Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
3:30 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.60° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.08° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.