The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 10, 1966
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
4:21 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 206.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.11° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.87° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.