The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2031
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
2:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1346
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.90° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.20° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.