The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 1909
Waning Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
4:05 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -163
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.71° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.42° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.