The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 1, 1967
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
5:09 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 184.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.99° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.97° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| 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.