The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 7, 2048
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
6:34 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1557
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 154.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.86° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.43° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.