The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1975
Waxing Crescent
26.0% 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
12:41 PM
10:35 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.95° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.30° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.23° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.