The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 7, 2072
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
4:09 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1853
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,600 km.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.62° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.58° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.