The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2018
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
7:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1186
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 | 24.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.81° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.30° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.