The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 2009
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.01° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.50° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.