The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 2048
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
8:47 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1557
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.40° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.03° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.