The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
2:48 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.88° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.47° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.