The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 1, 1973
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
10:37 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.13° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.77° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.