The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 14, 2001
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:12 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.98° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.11° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.