The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 1971
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.80° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.90° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.