The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 1969
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
4:53 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 180.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.30° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.19° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.