The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1988
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
5:03 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 815
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.81° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.38° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 0.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.