The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2131
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
12:12 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2583
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.44° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.17° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.