The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
2:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1062
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 | 132.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.75° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.86° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.