The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.65° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.88° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.