The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 1998
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
12:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 254.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.36° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.