The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 14, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
5:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1260
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 15.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.26° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.33° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.