The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1966
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
3:54 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 320.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.40° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.67° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.