The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 14, 1971
Waning Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
3:15 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 604
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.74° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.82° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.