The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 7, 1948
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
10:54 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 320
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -24.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.23° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.44° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.