The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 10, 1973
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
7:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 355.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.61° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 8.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.