The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 9, 2119
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
10:23 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2434
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
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Mercury and Mars 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 | 65.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.85° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.74° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.