The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 7, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
4:53 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.81° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.99° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.