The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1945
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
8:46 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 283
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 | 51.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.81° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.20° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.