The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 2043
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
11:44 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1495
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 101.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.71° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.44° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.