The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 2013
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
11:49 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1124
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 | 82.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.39° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.52° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.