The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 7, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
4:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1804
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.47° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.98° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.