The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2028
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1309
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.46° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.30° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.