The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 7, 2021
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
7:44 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1223
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 138.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -25.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.04° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.55° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| 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.