The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 1, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
5:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.78° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.29° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.