The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 1, 1974
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
8:42 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 641
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 | 200.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.23° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.67° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.