The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2017
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1173
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 | 255.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.66° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.89° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.