The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 1980
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
6:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 716
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 | 20.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.87° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.71° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.