The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
2:18 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.97° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.86° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.