The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 2181
Waxing Crescent
1.5% 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
7:43 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.68° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.13° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.