The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2042
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
3:52 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.40° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.68° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.