The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2062
First Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1730
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.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.18° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.64° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.