The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1957
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
9:01 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 204.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.72° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.69° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.