The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 2015
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
5:30 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.97° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.42° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.