The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
7:46 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 6.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.96° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.42° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.