The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 13, 1974
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -18.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.85° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.78° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.