The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 7, 1979
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
10:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.24° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.99° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.