The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1946
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
7:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.42° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.