The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
6:04 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1099
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 10.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.57° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.06° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.