The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 1939
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
4:24 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 338.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 201.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.11° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.53° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.