The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 10, 1972
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
8:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.83° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.85° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.