The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 10, 1979
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
12:46 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.98° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.46° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.