The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1979
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
12:05 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 248.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.74° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.30° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.