The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2021
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
9:14 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.36° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.29° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.