The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1983
Waxing Crescent
23.3% 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
11:54 AM
9:08 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 753
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 | 57.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.24° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.77° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.