The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2040
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
9:43 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1458
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.32° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.37° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.