The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 7, 2010
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
6:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1087
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -23.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.96° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.03° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.