The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 11, 1979
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.97° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.63° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.