The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 7, 1974
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 9.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.71° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.62° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.