The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1991
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
7:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 21.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.68° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.56° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.