The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1983
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
9:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 41.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.59° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.89° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.