The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2053
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
5:17 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1618
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 184.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -10.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.89° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.17° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.