The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1907
Waxing Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
8:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -187
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.37° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.81° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.