The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2070
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.34° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.41° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.