The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 2002
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
9:43 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 988
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 | 64.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -25.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.56° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.96° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.