The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2159
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2929
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 181.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.10° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.08° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.