The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1988
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
6:21 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 813
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 | 346.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.94° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.50° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.