The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2005
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
11:05 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 75.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -28.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.88° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.97° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.