The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 9, 2177
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
10:50 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3152
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.17° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.18° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.