The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2007
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
4:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.17° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.22° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.