The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 13, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:12 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 654
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.95° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.44° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.