The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 320
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 | 101.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.24° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.09° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.