The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2157
Waxing Crescent
31.0% 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
1:37 PM
10:32 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2904
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.11° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.12° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.