The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 9, 2176
First Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3140
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.09° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.18° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.