The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
8:45 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.15° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.12° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.