The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2067
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
7:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1791
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.26° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.56° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.