The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2104
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2249
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.14° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.15° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.