The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 7, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
12:21 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.27° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.78° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.