The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 1947
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
3:59 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 223.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.14° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.85° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.