The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
2:00 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 221
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 | 121.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.57° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.49° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.