The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 7, 1985
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
2:57 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 777
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.34° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.08° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.