The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 7, 1999
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
5:34 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 950
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 | 354.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 179.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.79° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.50° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.