The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 2156
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
3:22 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2892
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.24° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.99° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.13° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.