The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 2009
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
4:52 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 178.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.37° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.83° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 24.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.