The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 7, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
2:08 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1198
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.67° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.94° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.