The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 12, 1973
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
9:37 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 327.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.08° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.92° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.