The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1928
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
4:18 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 211.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.43° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.23° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.