The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 7, 1997
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 926
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 97.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.80° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.58° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.