The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 2077
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
2:59 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1915
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.43° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.17° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.