The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2142
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
12:32 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2719
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.49° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.60° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.