The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2039
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 8.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.25° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.04° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.