The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 7, 1983
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
7:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 142.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.10° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.16° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.