The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 13, 1979
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
2:27 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.60° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.98° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.