The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 7, 2015
Waning Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
3:31 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.87° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.16° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.