The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 8, 2009
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
12:48 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.90° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.34° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.