The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 7, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
3:45 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.12° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.78° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.