The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2173
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
8:12 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3102
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 133.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.20° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.44° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.