The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
5:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1668
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 16.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 7.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.86° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.09° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.