The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1938
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
8:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 196
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 | 203.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.13° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.89° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.