The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
1:29 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 456
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 | 116.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.60° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.86° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.