The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 14, 1974
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
5:44 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 166.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.20° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.02° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.