The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 9, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
6:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2744
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.12° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.80° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.