The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2023
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
3:39 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.46° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.88° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.