The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 1990
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 839
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.08° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.71° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.