The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 7, 1929
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
10:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 85
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.29° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.26° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.