The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 2056
Waxing Crescent
0.6% 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
8:00 AM
7:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.70° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.81° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.