The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 1972
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
7:45 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 617
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 | 39.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 138.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -25.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.95° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.04° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.