The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 1972
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
6:06 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.31° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.44° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.