The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 1, 2007
New Moon
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1049
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.17° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.18° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.