The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 2009
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
11:21 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.51° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.02° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| 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.