The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 1926
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
8:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 48
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 | 48.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 129.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.43° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.00° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.