The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1993
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
3:14 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 875
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 | 280.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.86° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.68° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.