The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1949
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
11:01 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 332
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.70° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.29° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.