The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2006
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
11:54 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1037
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 | 234.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 308.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.90° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.48° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.