The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 7, 2009
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
12:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.73° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.17° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.