The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2100
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
11:40 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2199
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -27.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.71° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.35° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.