The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 9, 2037
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
7:50 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1420
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.68° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.62° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.