The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1980
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
7:41 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.47° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.82° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.