The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 1967
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
11:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.13° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.58° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.