The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
2:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 827
Events on this date
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Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.48° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.66° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.