The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 7, 1998
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
10:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 228.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.80° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.78° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.