The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
2:55 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 357
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 1.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.52° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.26° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| 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.