The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 1961
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
5:24 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.58° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.07° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.