The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
6:04 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 167.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 10.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.11° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.