The Moon on this date

Moon on Friday, November 7, 1975

Waxing Crescent

21.0% illuminated · waxing

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
30°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
21.0%
Age
4.2 days
Distance
383,100 km
Apparent size
31.2′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
654

Events on this date

  1. Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

Exact values

For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun54.38°
Phase angle125.41°
Illuminated fraction21.03%
Altitude / azimuth7.0° / 123.3°
Right ascension / declination18h 38m / -19.25°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude279.05° / 3.89°
Libration in longitude / latitude7.52° / -4.32°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude132.48° / -0.18°
Position angle of the axis357.0°
Position angle of the bright limb263.7°
Apparent magnitude-8.5

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

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