The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 1937
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 184
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.83° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.55° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.