The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 1, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
3:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.87° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.