The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 14, 1979
Waning Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
2:56 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 3.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.42° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.