The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1906
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -200
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.86° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.32° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.