The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1963
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
2:37 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.58° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.54° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.