The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 7, 1969
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
3:57 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 210.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.89° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.40° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.