The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1956
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
11:28 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.26° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.74° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.