The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 7, 2018
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
5:50 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1186
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 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 172.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.73° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.30° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 207.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.