The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
1:14 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 74.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.99° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.27° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.