The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2143
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
7:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2731
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 142.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.22° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.74° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| 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.