The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 2148
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 AM
4:51 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2793
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.35° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.80° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.