The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2051
Waxing Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
10:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1594
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 111.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.13° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.09° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.