The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 7, 1980
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
5:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 175.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.75° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.88° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.