The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 14, 2004
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
6:50 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 148.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.63° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.74° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.