The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 11, 1947
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
4:49 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.93° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.25° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.