The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2068
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
7:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1804
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:09 AM, is deepest at 6:44 AM and ends at 8:20 AM. Totality lasts from 6:34 AM to 6:55 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 352.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.17° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.