The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
1:09 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.85° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.46° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.