The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
8:18 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1087
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -23.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.85° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.63° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.