The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1996
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
4:41 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 341.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 196.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.44° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.95° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.