The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2079
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
7:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 349.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.58° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.56° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.