The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1917
Waning Crescent
23.3% 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
2:10 AM
2:32 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -64
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / -0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.31° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.75° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.