The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2162
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
7:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2966
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.23° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.94° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| 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.