The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 7, 1915
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
5:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -88
Events on this date
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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.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 171.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -22.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.55° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.87° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 331.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.