The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
3:27 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 285.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.14° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.47° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.