The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 1953
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
7:15 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 382
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 | 33.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.82° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.86° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.