The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
3:50 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.81° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.26° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.