The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 2120
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
11:24 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2447
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.02° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.92° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.