The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 1939
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
3:09 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 208
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.37° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.14° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.