The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 9, 2181
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
7:59 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3202
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 138.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.62° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.94° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.