The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 1978
First Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.32° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.39° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.