The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 1972
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
7:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 25.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.26° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.15° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.