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Moon Data

Below the photo, the astro data for the moon from the latitude/longitude/altitude and date/time this photo was taken.

70,000 ft. ASL - Moon visible (it's almost due west) central right of photo

Object Name: Moon
RA (current): 07h 19m 34s 
Dec (current): +21° 59' 11" 
RA (2000.0): 07h 18m 57s 
Dec (2000.0): +22° 00' 18" 
Azimuth: 274° 59' 39" 
Altitude: +29° 02' 54" 
Phase (%):  72.29% (waning)
Rise Time: 21:28
Transit Time: 04:01
Set Time: 11:41
Air Mass: 2.06
RA Rate (arcsecs/sec): 0.5592
Dec Rate (arcsecs/sec): -0.2110
Date: 11/7/09
Time: 8:49 AM STD
Constellation: Gemini
Constellation (Abbrev.): Gem
Moon Ecliptic Longitude: 109° 01' 30" 
Moon Ecliptic Latitude: 00° 23' 52" 
Moon Parallax: 0.9905
Moon Angular Diameter: 00° 32' 23" 
Moon Distance (km): 368,955.07
Moon True RA: 7.3772
Moon True Dec: 22.4841
Moon Topocentric Ang. Diameter: 0.5444
Moon Alt w/Refraction: 29.5262
Moon Total Libration l: -0.0380
Moon Total Libration b: -0.5289
Moon Optical Libration l: -0.0591
Moon Optical Libration b: -0.5452
Moon Physical Libration l: 0.0211
Moon Physical Libration b: 0.0163
Moon Position Angle: 6.5546
Moon Phase Angle: 63.5252
Moon Pos. Angle of Bright Limb: 97.8705
Moon's Age (Days Past New): 20.36
Sidereal Time: 11:59
Julian Date: 2455143.1595
Click Distance: 0.0000
Frame Size (arcmins): 32.6637
Celestial Type: 35
Index: 10
Constellation Number: 37

Data obtained from "TheSkyX" astronomical program (Bisque Software)