The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2086
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
7:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2026
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.67° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.75° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.