The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 790
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 | 100.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.47° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.68° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.